My response: xyz,
It is up to you to decide if you want to trust 27 years of PC experience and 45 years of computer experience or if you prefer to overlook the obvious self-interest of big companies and trust their promises.

Don't we all just now see where it's getting the country and the world if we trust in what "the big guys" are telling us?

And then, as a fact, you talk about "antispyware".
avast! is an anti-virus program.
Don't update it and/or remove it at your own risk!

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Hi Eike,

I first heard about you on WTKM radio. and discovered your blog by Googling your name. I just bought a Systemax which came with MS Office 2007 trial version. I removed this and installed MS Works which I had on my old machine and have become quite used to it. My new system has no AV software and I was wondering if you have any opinions on AVG vs Avast! free edition?

Thanks for steering me to your May and June 2008 entries. I'm using AVG right now on both mine and my wife's computers. It seems to work OK on both. In the past I've used Norton, McAfee and Bit Defender. They were good, but used a heck of a lot of resources. I'm now taking your advice and installing Avast.

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52 years in Information Technology and 34 years of experience with PCs as of 2016. Specialized in non-destructive virus and malware removal, home computer protection and showing my customers how to keep their computers "mean and clean". From 2004 to 2015 I was the regular computer guru on a local radio call-in talk show. From April 2015 through April 2016 I was bi-wwekly on WBKV 1470AM. I offer only house calls and work exclusively on MS-Windows. I do NOT sell hardware or software, I sell only my know how, my experience and my time.